Rich Turner
@richturner.bsky.social
Plays and teaches Fiddle and Accordion. Interested in politics, history, cricket and trains. @richturnermusic on Instagram, Threads, YouTube and TikTok. Green Socialist. Winchester, England.
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A rare Scottish tune from me. John Riddell was a blind fiddler from Ayr, and this jig was first published in 1776.
I first heard it in a recording by the Northumbrian musicians Joe Hutton, Willy Taylor, and Will Atkinson in the 1980s.
I first heard it in a recording by the Northumbrian musicians Joe Hutton, Willy Taylor, and Will Atkinson in the 1980s.
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Hackney Votes Palestine spoke to Antoinette Fernandez, an @greenparty.org.uk
candidate for Lea Bridge Ward in North Hackney for the May 2026 election.
We discussed the necessity of voting out a deeply complicit Labour council.
Watch to learn more about her & what she plans to do once elected!
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candidate for Lea Bridge Ward in North Hackney for the May 2026 election.
We discussed the necessity of voting out a deeply complicit Labour council.
Watch to learn more about her & what she plans to do once elected!
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November 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Hackney Votes Palestine spoke to Antoinette Fernandez, an @greenparty.org.uk
candidate for Lea Bridge Ward in North Hackney for the May 2026 election.
We discussed the necessity of voting out a deeply complicit Labour council.
Watch to learn more about her & what she plans to do once elected!
🇸🇩🇵🇸🇨🇩💚
candidate for Lea Bridge Ward in North Hackney for the May 2026 election.
We discussed the necessity of voting out a deeply complicit Labour council.
Watch to learn more about her & what she plans to do once elected!
🇸🇩🇵🇸🇨🇩💚
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Starring a superb, German-speaking Russell Crowe, James Vanderbilt's historical drama about Hermann Goering's Nuremberg trial reminds viewers that "evil" doesn't always wear a Nazi uniform
In cinemas on Friday:
dmovies.org/2025/09/24/n...
In cinemas on Friday:
dmovies.org/2025/09/24/n...
Nuremberg - DMovies
Starring a superb, German-speaking Russell Crowe, James Vanderbilt's historical drama about Hermann Goering's Nuremberg trial reminds viewers that "evil" doesn't always wear a Nazi uniform - from the ...
dmovies.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Starring a superb, German-speaking Russell Crowe, James Vanderbilt's historical drama about Hermann Goering's Nuremberg trial reminds viewers that "evil" doesn't always wear a Nazi uniform
In cinemas on Friday:
dmovies.org/2025/09/24/n...
In cinemas on Friday:
dmovies.org/2025/09/24/n...
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Cheers!
We don't have to agree on absolutely everything.
But want lower bills? Think billionaires should pay more tax?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
We don't have to agree on absolutely everything.
But want lower bills? Think billionaires should pay more tax?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Cheers!
We don't have to agree on absolutely everything.
But want lower bills? Think billionaires should pay more tax?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
We don't have to agree on absolutely everything.
But want lower bills? Think billionaires should pay more tax?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Labour lost the trust of left wing and centrist voters by chasing yet spectacularly failing to attract right wing voters.
It's quite simply the most disastrous strategy they could have pursued.
And entirely self-inflicted. None of the extreme chaos the Tories left them had to be tackled this way.
It's quite simply the most disastrous strategy they could have pursued.
And entirely self-inflicted. None of the extreme chaos the Tories left them had to be tackled this way.
November 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Labour lost the trust of left wing and centrist voters by chasing yet spectacularly failing to attract right wing voters.
It's quite simply the most disastrous strategy they could have pursued.
And entirely self-inflicted. None of the extreme chaos the Tories left them had to be tackled this way.
It's quite simply the most disastrous strategy they could have pursued.
And entirely self-inflicted. None of the extreme chaos the Tories left them had to be tackled this way.
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Ireland is pushing a motion to ban Israel from FIFA and UEFA.
It has made JD Vance very mad.
It's time to remove Israel from world sport, don't you agree?
It has made JD Vance very mad.
It's time to remove Israel from world sport, don't you agree?
November 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Ireland is pushing a motion to ban Israel from FIFA and UEFA.
It has made JD Vance very mad.
It's time to remove Israel from world sport, don't you agree?
It has made JD Vance very mad.
It's time to remove Israel from world sport, don't you agree?
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"Zohran Mamdani will be the first mayor of New York City in decades not to own a car"
Will be exciting to see if he can implement his vision to pedestrianize areas in the congestion pricing zone and dedicate entire streets as combo busways + active transportation
Will be exciting to see if he can implement his vision to pedestrianize areas in the congestion pricing zone and dedicate entire streets as combo busways + active transportation
How Mamdani could push a bold redesign of New York's streets
The mayor-elect has articulated a vision for reshaping the city streets. Janette Sadik-Khan, the former commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation under the Bloomberg Administratio...
www.fastcompany.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"Zohran Mamdani will be the first mayor of New York City in decades not to own a car"
Will be exciting to see if he can implement his vision to pedestrianize areas in the congestion pricing zone and dedicate entire streets as combo busways + active transportation
Will be exciting to see if he can implement his vision to pedestrianize areas in the congestion pricing zone and dedicate entire streets as combo busways + active transportation
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Keir Starmer, Lisa Nandy, Kemi Badenoch, Barney Ronay, Nigel Farage, can you hear me Nigel? Your boys took one hell of a beating.
November 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Keir Starmer, Lisa Nandy, Kemi Badenoch, Barney Ronay, Nigel Farage, can you hear me Nigel? Your boys took one hell of a beating.
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Wow.
The Greens are not just SECOND in this poll.
They're now 3 points ahead of Labour - who are fourth.
Time for Labour to stand down to stop splitting the anti-Reform vote!
The Greens are not just SECOND in this poll.
They're now 3 points ahead of Labour - who are fourth.
Time for Labour to stand down to stop splitting the anti-Reform vote!
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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🧵1. Georgia Pickering was overheard boasting about her defence lobbying firm (CMS Strategic) planting a false story in the press which accused Pal Action of being funded by Iran.
She is also a Labour councillor. 🥀
Elbit Systems is a client of CMS Strategic.
She is also a Labour councillor. 🥀
Elbit Systems is a client of CMS Strategic.
November 6, 2025 at 8:26 AM
🧵1. Georgia Pickering was overheard boasting about her defence lobbying firm (CMS Strategic) planting a false story in the press which accused Pal Action of being funded by Iran.
She is also a Labour councillor. 🥀
Elbit Systems is a client of CMS Strategic.
She is also a Labour councillor. 🥀
Elbit Systems is a client of CMS Strategic.
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Defections since Local Elections in May this year (to 31st Oct):
LAB: 153↘ ↗11 (-142)
CON: 147↘ ↗17 (-130)
IND: 61↘ ↗278 (+217)
LOC: 38↘ ↗21 (-17)
RFM: 27↘ ↗94 (+67)
LDM: 20↘ ↗14 (-6)
GRN: 8↘ ↗22 (+14)
SNP: 3↘ ↗0 (-3)
LAB: 153↘ ↗11 (-142)
CON: 147↘ ↗17 (-130)
IND: 61↘ ↗278 (+217)
LOC: 38↘ ↗21 (-17)
RFM: 27↘ ↗94 (+67)
LDM: 20↘ ↗14 (-6)
GRN: 8↘ ↗22 (+14)
SNP: 3↘ ↗0 (-3)
November 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Defections since Local Elections in May this year (to 31st Oct):
LAB: 153↘ ↗11 (-142)
CON: 147↘ ↗17 (-130)
IND: 61↘ ↗278 (+217)
LOC: 38↘ ↗21 (-17)
RFM: 27↘ ↗94 (+67)
LDM: 20↘ ↗14 (-6)
GRN: 8↘ ↗22 (+14)
SNP: 3↘ ↗0 (-3)
LAB: 153↘ ↗11 (-142)
CON: 147↘ ↗17 (-130)
IND: 61↘ ↗278 (+217)
LOC: 38↘ ↗21 (-17)
RFM: 27↘ ↗94 (+67)
LDM: 20↘ ↗14 (-6)
GRN: 8↘ ↗22 (+14)
SNP: 3↘ ↗0 (-3)
A rare Scottish tune from me. John Riddell was a blind fiddler from Ayr, and this jig was first published in 1776.
I first heard it in a recording by the Northumbrian musicians Joe Hutton, Willy Taylor, and Will Atkinson in the 1980s.
I first heard it in a recording by the Northumbrian musicians Joe Hutton, Willy Taylor, and Will Atkinson in the 1980s.
November 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
A rare Scottish tune from me. John Riddell was a blind fiddler from Ayr, and this jig was first published in 1776.
I first heard it in a recording by the Northumbrian musicians Joe Hutton, Willy Taylor, and Will Atkinson in the 1980s.
I first heard it in a recording by the Northumbrian musicians Joe Hutton, Willy Taylor, and Will Atkinson in the 1980s.
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Can’t quite believe the Chancellor is seriously considering slashing support for home energy efficiency as a way to cut fuel bills 👀. Locking people into cold & leaky homes which will cost them more to heat & decimating the insulation industry at same time. Total madness 👇
Reeves considers cut to green levies in effort to reduce cost of energy bills
Exclusive: Chancellor hopes to save up to £170 from average bill but industry insiders say move would be ‘disastrous’
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Can’t quite believe the Chancellor is seriously considering slashing support for home energy efficiency as a way to cut fuel bills 👀. Locking people into cold & leaky homes which will cost them more to heat & decimating the insulation industry at same time. Total madness 👇
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If @zeroduckspod.bsky.social got their shit together, we could have a live #CWC25 wash up and #Ashes preview in a London pub, with Finny signing his new book.
Meanwhile, here's wishing @norcrosscricket.bsky.social a safe flight home, back to the November gloom.
Meanwhile, here's wishing @norcrosscricket.bsky.social a safe flight home, back to the November gloom.
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 AM
If @zeroduckspod.bsky.social got their shit together, we could have a live #CWC25 wash up and #Ashes preview in a London pub, with Finny signing his new book.
Meanwhile, here's wishing @norcrosscricket.bsky.social a safe flight home, back to the November gloom.
Meanwhile, here's wishing @norcrosscricket.bsky.social a safe flight home, back to the November gloom.
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🥶 Cold day oot there.
Get wrapped up warm in a @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social scarf 😎
scottishrefugeecouncil.bigcartel.com/product/scot...
Get wrapped up warm in a @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social scarf 😎
scottishrefugeecouncil.bigcartel.com/product/scot...
October 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
🥶 Cold day oot there.
Get wrapped up warm in a @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social scarf 😎
scottishrefugeecouncil.bigcartel.com/product/scot...
Get wrapped up warm in a @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social scarf 😎
scottishrefugeecouncil.bigcartel.com/product/scot...
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DS Derek Ridgewell, a police officer known to have framed at least 13 Londoners, may have set up more than 100 innocent victims metro.co.uk/2025/11/01/r...
Racist police officer may have framed 100 innocent people
DS Derek Ridgewell targeted mostly black people in the 1970s, who he falsely accused of robbery and beat up if they tried to resist arrest, before fabricating a semi-confession and lying on oath so th...
metro.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:35 AM
DS Derek Ridgewell, a police officer known to have framed at least 13 Londoners, may have set up more than 100 innocent victims metro.co.uk/2025/11/01/r...
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Here's a clip from when I spoke to the Northern Rose at Green Party Conference about how I got involved in politics and how the Greens aim to address inequality.
October 31, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Here's a clip from when I spoke to the Northern Rose at Green Party Conference about how I got involved in politics and how the Greens aim to address inequality.
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Everyone who thinks that because Halloween is now over it means that we can start celebrating Christmas can fuck right off.
November 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Everyone who thinks that because Halloween is now over it means that we can start celebrating Christmas can fuck right off.
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WE are LIVE from Wellington for the final #NZvENG ODI
Listen at guerillacricket.com
or watch at www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aIf...
#ENGvNZ
Listen at guerillacricket.com
or watch at www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aIf...
#ENGvNZ
NZ v ENG 3rd ODI, Wellington
YouTube video by Guerilla Cricket
www.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
WE are LIVE from Wellington for the final #NZvENG ODI
Listen at guerillacricket.com
or watch at www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aIf...
#ENGvNZ
Listen at guerillacricket.com
or watch at www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aIf...
#ENGvNZ
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Andrew's multimillion pound 'cottage' that he has been sent to.
Even their 'punishment' is far better than 99% of us could ever hope for.
Even their 'punishment' is far better than 99% of us could ever hope for.
November 1, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Andrew's multimillion pound 'cottage' that he has been sent to.
Even their 'punishment' is far better than 99% of us could ever hope for.
Even their 'punishment' is far better than 99% of us could ever hope for.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
AKA London Pride. A popular hornpipe and Morris dance tune.
October 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
AKA London Pride. A popular hornpipe and Morris dance tune.
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In today's Guardian I spoke about the need for the Home Office to be broken up to ensure migrants are dealt with by a department designed to make the system work rather than simply projecting a hardline stance to the public.
October 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
In today's Guardian I spoke about the need for the Home Office to be broken up to ensure migrants are dealt with by a department designed to make the system work rather than simply projecting a hardline stance to the public.
@goonpod.bskyyoutu.be Are you aware of this, Tyler? Very like The Plank, with some good cameos from Spike.
youtu.be/YpnaeSPcy74?...
youtu.be/YpnaeSPcy74?...
Mr H Is Late - starring Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan, Roy Kinnear & Dennis Waterman (1988)
YouTube video by Classic British Telly
youtu.be
October 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
@goonpod.bskyyoutu.be Are you aware of this, Tyler? Very like The Plank, with some good cameos from Spike.
youtu.be/YpnaeSPcy74?...
youtu.be/YpnaeSPcy74?...
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Happy #SocialistSunday! #Solidarity to all! ✊ ✊ ✊
Let's work together to build a better world for everyone!
And #FreePalestine! 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸
Let's work together to build a better world for everyone!
And #FreePalestine! 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸
October 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Happy #SocialistSunday! #Solidarity to all! ✊ ✊ ✊
Let's work together to build a better world for everyone!
And #FreePalestine! 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸
Let's work together to build a better world for everyone!
And #FreePalestine! 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸